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- 1. NO MEN ARE FOREIGN BYJAMES KIRKUP
- 2. JAMES KIRKUP Born :23rd April, 1918, England An English poet, translator and travel writer Died : 16th May, 2009 Genre : Poetry, fiction, journalism
- 3. THEME Oneness of mankindunder the superficial differences of colour, race, nationality and faith. It presupposes that all human beings are brothers and sisters. Those who spread hatred and wage wars are criminals and deserve to be condemned. Universal brotherhood
- 4. MESSAGE No men areforeign is a beautiful poem giving a message of unity and harmony among all people and nations of the world. The poet says that no men are strange and no countries are foreign, we are all human beings. We should remember that our ways of life are the same.
- 5. CENTRAL IDEA WE SHOULDNOT HATE OUR FELLOW HUMANS, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES IN CASTE, CREED, COLOUR, NATIONALITY AND FAITH. THE POEM SPREADS THE IDEA OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD.
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- 8. ◦ Stanza 2 ◦( They, too……………different from our own ) ◦ They refers to people of different countries, different from us. We consider them foreigners and discriminate against them and fight with them. The poet says that nature has given its bounties to everyone in equal measure. Everyone gets air ,water and sunlight in equal measure which proves that god does not discriminate. We all do farming during peace time, when there is no war. ◦ We lead a relaxed life and eat the things given to us by nature. He further adds that during that during war and the harsh winter season the opposite happens. We starve as also people belonging to other countries. Scarcity of food is everywhere. Here he gives this example to draw the similarity between people of the world. ◦ He goes on to say that people we perceive to be different from us, have the same hands that toil the same way as we do. He is giving all these examples to convey to the reader that there is no difference between any man.
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- 10. STANZA4 (LETUSREMEMBER……..DISPOSSESS;DISLODGE;DEPRIVE) THEPOET WARNSUSTHATWHENEVERWEARETOLDTOHATEA PERSONFROMANOTHERCOUNTRY,TOTHINKOFHIMASAN ENEMYANDIFWEDOITTHENWEDEPRIVE,CHEATAND CONDEMNOURSELVES.HESAYSTHATWESHOULDDISTANCE OURSELVESFROMSUCHNEGATIVITY.WESHOULDNEVER CONSIDERANYONEASOURENEMY. DURINGWAR,BOTHPARTIESHAVETOBEARLOSS.THATISWHY THEPOET SAYSTHATWARISNOTAFAVOURABLESITUATION,NO ONEHASEVERGAINEDFROMWAR.THEPOETSAYSTHAT WHENEVERWETHINKOFGOINGTOWARWITHOURFELLOW BROTHERSWEMUSTREMEMBERTHATITISOURSELVESTHATWE AREBETRAYINGANDCONDEMNING.
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- 12. LITERARY DEVICES THE ENTIREPOEM IS WRITTEN IN FREE VERSE ALLITERATION- BODY BREATHES, WAR’S WINTER METAPHOR- UNIFORM REFERS TO THE MILITARIES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, WAR TIME IS COMPARED TO WINTER SEASON REPETITION-REMEMBER NO MEN ARE FOREIGN…… ENJAMBMENT- LINE 2, 3, 4 TRANSFERRED EPITHET- PEACEFUL HARVESTS
- 13. ASSETQUESTIONS: 1.Which word isnot an antonym of ‘betray’? a. protect b. safeguard c. defend d. expose 2.That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn. Which of the following word can replace dispossess? a. deprive b. bury c. reveal d. guard
- 14. 4.’Peaceful harvest’ isan example of? Hyperbole Metaphor Transferred Epithet simile 3.The rhyme scheme of the poem is________________. abab abba abcb None of the above
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